The Alabama Regional Center for Infection Prevention and Control (ARC IPC) is guided by a steering committee made up of professionals in public health, infectious diseases, medicine, nursing and more. The Steering Committee provides input on training and technical assistance needs of IPC professionals, creates linkages between key IPC professionals across the state, and guides project activities.
Paul Erwin, MD, MPH, Steering Committee Chair, Dean of the UAB School of Public Health
Shoshannah J. Anderson, BSN, RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist Quality Management, Huntsville Hospital
Jodi Blackburn, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Infection Control, Employee Health, Office of Clinical Management and Practice, ADPH
Mary Duncan, MSN, RN, CIC, Senior Director Infection Prevention, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Beth Goodall, Infection Prevention Director, Alabama Hospital Association
Leigh Ann Hixon, BSN, RN, Director, Infection Control and Prevention, Alabama Nursing Home Association
Wade Menefee, MSN, RN, LNHA, Lead Infection Prevention Specialist, UAB LTC Strike Team
Kaye Melnick MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Clinical Management and Practice, ADPH
Delphene Noland, MSN, RNc-NIC, CIC, Director of Infection Prevention and Control Children’s of Alabama
Kitty Norris, BSN, RN, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Office of Clinical Management and Practice, ADPH
Melanie Roderick, MPH, Epidemiologist, ADPH Infectious Disease & Outbreaks Division
April Sells, Director, Tribal Emergency Services, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Judy Smith, Administrator, ADPH Northern District
Carol Snowden, Quality Director, Alabama Hospital Association
Wesley Willeford, MD, Medical Director of Disease Control at Jefferson County Department of Health
